Guns in young hands: A survey of urban teenagers' attitudes and behaviors related to handgun violence

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 794-798

  Bergstein, Jack M ^a   Hemenway, David ^b   Kennedy, Bruce ^b   Quaday, Sher ^b   Ander, Roseanna ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029805490     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199611000-00005     Document Type: Article

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